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Podcast: Controlled Cold with Nicky Twilley

Get a crash course in the fascinating temperature-controlled ecosystem we’ve created to keep our food fresh.
June 6, 2024
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tourism

Podcast: Welcome To Wall Drug

In the South Dakota badlands, a small pharmacy employed an ingenious marketing gimmick.
June 5, 2024
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road trip

Podcast: Traveling With Kids, Please Send Help

Pick up a tip whether you’re about to make your first or 10th trip with littles this summer.
June 4, 2024
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migrations

Podcast: Floating Along with Florida's Gentle Giants

Meet Florida’s unofficial mascot: the manatee.
Sponsored by VISIT FLORIDA
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astrology

Podcast: Looking Toward the Sky with Summer Ash

Fall in love with black holes.
May 30, 2024
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fast food

Podcast: The Giant Orange Sphere

How a strange landmark becomes a nostalgic icon.
May 29, 2024
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horses

Podcast: The Feral Horses of Sable Island

One of the last unmanaged group of horses contend with their non-native home.
May 28, 2024
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children's literature

Podcast: The Real Life Winnie-The-Pooh

Meet the actual boy who rode the back of a real bear.
May 27, 2024
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civil war

Podcast: A Daring Story of Freedom with Edda Fields-Black

One of the boldest spy operations during the Civil War was led by Harriet Tubman.
May 23, 2024
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deserts

Podcast: A Rogue Trip with Amir Siraj

Travel with us to the Atacama Desert in search of a unique observatory.
May 22, 2024
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Podcast: From Seed to Significance

Hear listener love letters to trees that played a special role in their lives.
May 21, 2024
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company town

Podcast: The Ludlow Massacre Site

The scene of one of the darkest moments in American labor history has been left essentially untouched since the tragedy.
May 20, 2024
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hollywood

Podcast: Gabbing Goblins with Colin Dickey

Author and Atlas Obscura columnist Colin Dickey takes us on a wild, alien-filled ride.
May 16, 2024
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underwater

Podcast: Underwater Sculpture Gardens

This sculptor's work is for people...and fish.
May 15, 2024
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events

Podcast: Reppin' MORE of our Weird Hometown Traditions

From a rubber duck contest to hypnotizing chickens.
May 14, 2024
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crime museums

Podcast: Bonnie and Clyde Ambush Museum

A small town museum remembers where the infamous—but often misunderstood—couple’s story ended.
May 13, 2024
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moon

Podcast: To the Moon and Back With Rebecca Boyle

Understanding the ways in which the moon has helped impact human life.
May 9, 2024
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amazing automata

Podcast: Musée Mécanique

Inside a vintage arcade in San Francisco.
May 8, 2024
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Podcast: Beauly Priory Wych Elm

An ancient tree comes back to life, thanks to 3D technology.
May 7, 2024
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revolution

Podcast: Sans Souci Palace

Inside the ruins of a palace that once hosted Haiti's only king.
May 6, 2024
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journalism

Podcast: Checking Into Hotel Imperial With Deborah Cohen

On the eve of World War II, the source for all good stories was an opulent hotel in Vienna.
May 2, 2024
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tigers

Podcast: Exotic Feline Rescue Center

Long before Joe Exotic got the country talking about big cats, there was Joe Taft
May 1, 2024
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ghost towns

Podcast: Old Cahawba

We unravel the surprising tale of this onetime capital city in Alabama.
April 30, 2024
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borders

Podcast: Atlas Obscura Presents 'Windsor Hum' From Twenty Thousand Hertz

In 2011, residents on the U.S.-Canadian border started hearing a strange rumbling noise.
April 29, 2024